A family cat was found sliced in half on a golf course in Covington. Emelie Gunn has more on this gruesome dismemberment…
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Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeff Wiley is reminding women about the importance of learning how to safely handle a weapon if you feel your life is in danger. The message comes on the heels of the death of a woman in Geismar who was beaten to death with a baseball bat allegedly by her estranged husband. The victim had a restraining order against the man. Wiley added the reminder sounds extreme but extreme violence requires extra protection efforts.

The Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announce that they issued over 800 citations to Louisiana establishments for selling alcohol and tobacco to minors as a result of their 2015 Summer Crackdown operation. ATC Commissioner Troy Hebert says nearly 5,500 compliance checks resulted in 821 citations statewide. He says these numbers are consistent with previous years…:
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Of the citations issued, 460 were for alcohol sales to a minor and 361 for tobacco sales.

Prices at the pump dropped another penny from the day before. The current statewide average for a gallon of regular according to AAA is $2.33.